Thumper,
I agree with you. There is nothing wrong with you being proud of your race or wanting to associate with your own. It's just that based on the history of whites. It puts all of the other races, especially blacks on alert that they need to be cautious of this type of association. In past history when a group of whites got together and if there was any alcohol involved then 9 times out of 10 something bad was going to happen to someone nonwhite. In situations when there was no alcohol it would be 5 times out of 10 something bad was going to happen to someone nonwhite. So I understand how you feel. The past actions of whites continue to be an ongoing curse for all of the new generations of whites and blacks. In whites, the curse is that whites have to live up to a superman complex. In blacks, the curse is that blacks must depend on whites for their survival. The solution is in what you shared, which is for blacks to be empowered to be responsible for themselves and their actions. The only barrier to this is black leaders. If blacks became independent and self sufficient then black leaders would be out of jobs. They could no longer be poverty pimps.